2003 Recipients

1. Pasture Poultry Egg Production Alan and Sharon Barnett 470 N Hwy 65 Trenton, MO 64683 2. Weed Control for Native Wildflower Seed Plots Debi Bridgman 3240 County Road 193 Philadelphia, MO 63463 3. Low Input Red Wattle Hog Raising Project Employing a Rotational Grazing System Edmund O. Brown II 2325 Kindle Rd. Reeds, MO 64859-2166 4. Canby Farm Solar Pit Greenhouse Project Chris and Traci Canby 936 Bear Valley Road Union, MO 63084 5. Economically Sustainable Beef Production and Marketing on a Small Acreage Steve Carl 17785 Lawrence 2040 Miller, MO 65707 6. Wholesome Harvest - Backyard Alternative. Making a valuable difference in my community. Cristin Chambers, and Larry and Carla Chambers 675 SE 10th Ave. Trenton, MO 64683 7. Large Scale High Tunnel Vegetable Production Roy Cooper, Jr. Missouri Bootheel/Southern Illinois Produce Coop., Inc. 415 North Chestnut Hayti, MO 63851 8. Using Low Tunnel Season Extension Techniques to Produce Early Flowering Crops for Missouri Fresh Cut Flower Market Mimo I. Davis WildThang Farms 14150 Bob Veach Road Ashland, MO 65010 9. Using Ryegrass and Hairy Vetch as Mulches for Weed Control in Organic Crop Production Alex Green 653 Martin Luther King Dr. Hayti Heights, MO 63851 10. Utilizing Permanent Pasture for Raising Market Garden Vegetables while Renovating Endophyte Infected Pastures to Novel Endophyte Fescue in a Rotational Grazing System Rick Hopkins P.O. Box 190 Marionville, MO 65705 11. Crawfish Production in Re-established Wetlands Ben Hunter 14 Belaire Sikeston, MO 63801 12. High Tunnel Production of Tomatoes and Peppers on a North Missouri Farm David Kottman Roanoke Farm Produce, LC 1692 County Rd. 2080 Armstrong, MO 65230 13. Complete Feed for Sustainable Family Farms Ronald E. Macher 3903 W. Ridge Trail Rd. Clark, MO 65243-9525 14. Electric Greenhouse Tractor Steve McLaskey 26111 Capital Hill Rd. Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670 15. Production of Berry Varieties in North Missouri Jeff Morelock 11196 Field Drive Browning, MO 64630 16. Use of Undersize and Cull Trees as Lumber Norval Netsch 795 SE 1300 Windsor, MO 65360 17. Self-Sufficient Mini Garden with Recycling - gravity flow drip irrigation system Diana Oldfather P.O. Box 24 Gasconade, MO 65036 18. Measuring and Improving Soil Fertility During Transition from Conventional Field Crops to Organic Vegetable Production Thomas Ruggieri and Rebecca Graff 18613 Downing Road Kearney, MO 64060 19. Evaluating Performance and Feasibility of Probiotics in Feed Rations for Sustainable Pork Production John Stegeman Rt. 1, Box 187 Loose Creek, MO 65054 20. Pecan Grove in Mississippi Flood Plain: Agroforestry and Alley Cropping Julian Nick Verde 334 N. Meramec Ave. St. Louis, MO 63105 21. Development of a Five-Year Crop Rotation Incorporating Cover Crops and Specialty Crops Alan Weber 3801 Bray Court Columbia, MO 65203 22. Ethanol from Waste Fruit Daniel H. West 26009 Jewell Avenue Macon, MO 63552 23. Test Firing of Switchgrass-Based Fuel Pellets James Ziler 12659 State Hwy. 37 Reeds, MO 64859 1ST ALTERNATE Corn Gluten Meal Weed Control Project Steve McKaskle P.O. Box 280 Braggadocio, MO 63826-0280 2ND ALTERNATE: Transition From Beef Producer to Added Value Direct Marketer Robert D. Malcom and Thomas L. Craft, Butler, MO Papa Cow's Inc. & Changing Acres RR 2, Box 358 Butler, MO 64730 3rd ALTERNATE: Use of Poultry Litter, Composted Poultry Litter and Vetch as Nutrient Sources in Crop Production Systems Gary Ogg 37512 Highway 10 Richmond, MO 64085

Questions? Comments? Please contact Joan Benjamin at: Joan.Benjamin@mda.mo.gov